The first illustrated Dante, and the second illustrated book printed in Florence. Additionally the first Florentine edition of the Divine Comedy, and the first appearance in print of Landino's commentary, which would be oft reprinted before the end of the 16th century.The printer, a German from Breslau, had intended to illustrate every cantoblank space is left on the page with this in mindbut only 19 of the 100 engravings were produced. They are attributed to Baccio Baldini after designs by Sandro Botticelli. Most copies are found with only the first two engravings (some copies have a duplicate of the second), and in these copies the engravings are printed directly onto the page. About 20 copies exist with the other 17 illustrations, printed on separate sheets and pasted in. An extremely attractive copy. BMC VI, 628; Goff D-29; HC *5946.

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